Hose-rack.



PATENTED JULY 19, 1904,

H. J. M. HOWARD.

HOSE RACK.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 9, 1901.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

N0 MODEL.

No. 765,485. PATE'NTED JULY 19, 1904.

' -H. J. M. HOWARD.

HOSE RACK.

APPLIOATION FILED NOV. 9,1901.

N0 MODEL. 2 SHEETS-511E121 2.

UNITED STATES Patented. July 19, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

HOSE-RACK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 765,485, dated July 19,1904.

- Application filed November 9, 1901. Serial No. 81,701. (No model.)

To alfl whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HENRY J. M. HOWARD, a citizen of the United States,residing at I/Vashington, in the District of Columbia, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Hose-Racks; and I do herebydeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

The purpose of the invention is to improve the construction ofhose-racks covered in my patent of April 5, 1898, No. 601,653, with theparticular objects in View of enabling the bracket to fold close againstthe wall and to more effectually provide against the weight of thenozzle, causing the hose to unwrap itself from the pins on which it islooped.

A further object is to dispense with the breakable pins employed in theformer construction to hold the hose-carrying pins in position and tosubstitute therefor an automatic gate or closure for the outer end ofthe grooves in the bracket. I pivot or hinge this gate to the arms ofthe bracket and arrange it so that the act of pulling the hose off therack will open it and uncover the end of the pin-holding grooves,thereby permitting the quick and easy release of the pins.

My present improvements are illustrated in the accompanying drawings,where- Figure 1 is a side view showing the bracket connected to a shortsection of pipe attached directly to the valve, thestand-pipe beingbehind or within the wall. Fig. 2 is a similar view from the oppositeside showing the bracket connected to a stand-pipe that pro' jects outinto the apartment. Fig. 3 is a perspective View of my present preferredform ofbracket. Fig. a is a top plan view of the arrangement shown inFig. 1 with the bracket folded back against the wall. Fig. 5 is afragmentary detail of the inner end of the bracket, showing amodification of the means for securing it to the pipe. Fig. 6 is asimilar View of the outer end of the bracket, showing the constructionand operation of the gate for holding the pins in their grooves in thearms.

Referring to the views, (t denotes the service-pipe, to which thebracket Z2 is attached.

directly, instead of through the intermediacy of a clamp, as in myformer patent, In Fig. 2 this service-pipe is the stand-pipe itself andis shown projecting out into the room or other apartment. In Fig." l thestand-pipe is behind or within the wall f, and the servicepipe is asmall section of piping screwed directly into the valve (Z on the underside, so as to stand vertically at an angle to the operating-stem of thevalve. The construction of bracket now to be described is adapted forattachment to the pipe in either of these arrangements, so that the pipeitself constitutes the axis upon which the bracket swings.

The bracket proper is of the same construction as in my former patent;but at its rear end it is provided with one or more eyes 6 e, thatencircle the pipe (0, so as to permit the bracket to swing freely in ahorizontal plane.

The particular form of closed eye shown in this figure is best adaptedfor the arrangement shown in Fig. 1, where the short section ofservice-pipe is employed, the pipe being simply passed through the eyesfrom the under side before it is screwed into the valvecasing.

In order to attach the bracket to a servicepipe that is also thestand-pipe and projects out into the room, it is desirable that the eyeor eyes should have a hinged section a, which is clamped around the pipeby any suitable fastening, a simple bolt and nut being shown in thedrawings.

. In either arrangement above described the service-pipe is providedwith a flange or collar c, on which the bracket 5 rests and by which itis supported. The inner end of the bracket is preferably widened out, soas to separate the eyes and give the bracket a wide terposing sufiicientresistance between the hose and last few pins to efitectually preventthe weight of the nozzle end from pulling down the outer loops andcausing the hose to unwrap itself. This means consists in a belaying orbrake pin 6, which I interpose between the last two pins in the end ofthe bracket-arms, and in putting the hose in place I pass the outerportion near the nozzle down and around the under side of this pin, asshown in Figs. 1, 2, and 4. As will be understood from these figures,the loops Z of the hose are supported entirely on the upper sides of thepins p; but, as above explained,

I pass the hose around the under side of the bracket-pin t, and when allthe pins are pushed up together the frictional resistance to the endwisemovement of the hose that is consequent upon this arrangement forms asimple and efiicient brake, preventing the weight of the nozzle frompulling the hose out.

In the construction of my former patent above referred to the pins areprevented from sliding out of the grooves g in the bracket-arms by meansof small wooden pins passing vertically across the grooves near theirouter ends, said pins being adapted to break on a slight jerk beinggiven to the hose end of the nozzle. In the present improvement thesebreakable pins are dispensed with, and an automatically-closing gate 6is employed. This gate is best illustrated in Figs. 3 and 6. It iscomposed of a cross-piece which extends over the open end of the groovesg and besides forming a convenient name-plate gives a better finish tothe whole device. It is pivoted by means of short side arms to the outersides of the bracket-arms and has a small cross-piece or ledges t", thatrest upon the top of the arms 6 and prevent the gate from falling downpast the grooves. As will be seen in Figs. 1 and 2, the lower ledge ofthe plate extends down even with or slightly below the lower edge of thebracket-arms just in front of the last ply of the hose, and the deviceis made entirely automatic by reason of the fact that an outward orupward jerk on the hose, such as would naturally be given in pulling itoff the rack, throws the gate a upward on its hinges and over backwardupon the bracket-arms, thereby leaving the ends of the grooves entirelyopen and free to allow the pins to free themselves as the hose is drawnout.

Such being the construction of my latest improvement, it is to be notedin respect to the manner of pivoting the bracket that it permits thedevice to fold flat against the wall and in any event entirely withinthe lines of the valve without in any way interfering with the operationof the valve-stem from the interior of the room, thereby greatlyeconomizing space, dispensing with the clamp heretofore used forfastening on the pipe, and simplifying and cheapening the construction.In respect to the gate, it is to be noted that it closes and is heldclosed entirely by gravity and that it opens automatically withoutrequiring any attention whatever from the person desiring to use thehose.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is 1. In a hose-rack,the combination of a bracket having open-ended slots or grooves in itsside arms, a series of pins loosely supported at their ends in saidgrooves and adapted to support the hose in pendent loops, and a hingedor pivoted gate closing the outer ends of the slots and adapted to beopened by the act of pulling the hose from the bracket.

2. In a hose-rack, the combination of the bracket 5, having theopen-ended slots or grooves g, the pins p loosely supported at theirends in said grooves and free to slide out the open end thereof, and thegate 2' hinged to and extending across the space between the arms andclosing the ends ofthe slots.

3. In a hose-rack, the combination of a bracket having open-ended slotsor grooves in the side arms, a series of sliding pins loosely supportedat their ends in said grooves and adapted to support the hose in pendentloops, and a belaying or brake pin between the last two of the seriesofsupporting-pins and around the under side of which the end of the hosenear the nozzle is passed.

4. In a hose-rack, the combination of an exposed vertically-extendingwater-supply pipe, a valve and casing connected to the pipe, a flange orcollar on the pipe, a hose-carrying bracket having eyes or bands at itsinner end encircling the pipe above the collar so as to. permit thebracket to swing on the pipe, and a flexible hose carried by the bracketand receiving water from the pipe through the valvecasing.

5. In a hose rack, the combination of a valve and casing, a supply-pipeextending vertically therefrom,a valve-stem projecting horizontally fromthe casing, a flange or collar on the pipe, a hose-carrying brackethaving eyes or bands at its inner end and circling the pipe above thecollar so as to permit the bracket to swing on and be supported by thepipe, and a flexible hose carried by the bracket and having one endconnected to the pipe below the collar.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HENRY J. M. HOWARD.

Witnesses:

M. L. ADAMS, J. A. GoLnsBoRoUGn.

